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		<p class="short">How can we <i>love</i> our partners, our parents, sunsets at the beach, cats, and Fridays? The types of <i>love</i> listed here mean different things — but what remains is the certainty, at least for now, that what you <i>love</i> is what you adore.</p>
				
		
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		<p class="long">Love is an expression of emotion. Love, it is said, can make you walk miles barefoot in the rain just to see the person you can't stop thinking about. Or, it can make you cross the street because the store "you <i>love</i>" is located there. <i>Love</i> is a versatile word — like what it describes. Love takes many forms, but the word typically describes an affection that is deep and emotional. If you say you’re “in <i>love</i>,” that tends to refer to the romantic kind of love.</p>		
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			<h2 class="sectionHeader">Primary Meanings of <span class="word">love</span></h2>		
								
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				<td style="width: 1%;"><div class="groupNumber">1.</div></td>
				<td class="posList"><a title="noun - click to jump to the full definition" href="#s40851" class="anchorlink needsclick pos_n selected">n</a><a title="verb - click to jump to the full definition" href="#s90949" class="anchorlink needsclick pos_v">v</a></td>
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					<div class="def selected s40851">a strong positive emotion of regard and affection</div>
				
					<div class="def s90949">have a great affection or liking for</div>
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					<div class="def selected s72604">a score of zero in tennis or squash</div>
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						    <a title="noun" name="s40851" class="anchor">n</a>
						    
						    
						    
						     a strong positive emotion of regard and affection</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;his 
<strong>love</strong> for his work&#8221;</div>
						
							<div class="example">&#8220;children need a lot of 
<strong>love</strong>&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
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<a href="/dictionary/hate" class="word">hate</a>, <a href="/dictionary/hatred" class="word">hatred</a>
<div class="definition">the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/adoration" class="word">adoration</a>, <a href="/dictionary/worship" class="word">worship</a>
<div class="definition">a feeling of profound love and admiration</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/agape" class="word">agape</a>, <a href="/dictionary/agape love" class="word">agape love</a>
<div class="definition">selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/agape" class="word">agape</a>
<div class="definition">(Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/filial love" class="word">filial love</a>
<div class="definition">the love of a child for a parent</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/ardor" class="word">ardor</a>, <a href="/dictionary/ardour" class="word">ardour</a>
<div class="definition">intense feeling of love</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/amorousness" class="word">amorousness</a>, <a href="/dictionary/enamoredness" class="word">enamoredness</a>
<div class="definition">a feeling of love or fondness</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/calf love" class="word">calf love</a>, <a href="/dictionary/crush" class="word">crush</a>, <a href="/dictionary/infatuation" class="word">infatuation</a>, <a href="/dictionary/puppy love" class="word">puppy love</a>
<div class="definition">temporary love of an adolescent</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/devotedness" class="word">devotedness</a>, <a href="/dictionary/devotion" class="word">devotion</a>
<div class="definition">feelings of ardent love</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/benevolence" class="word">benevolence</a>
<div class="definition">disposition to do good</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/heartstrings" class="word">heartstrings</a>
<div class="definition">your deepest feelings of love and compassion</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/caring" class="word">caring</a>, <a href="/dictionary/lovingness" class="word">lovingness</a>
<div class="definition">a loving feeling</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/loyalty" class="word">loyalty</a>
<div class="definition">feelings of allegiance</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/beneficence" class="word">beneficence</a>
<div class="definition">doing good; feeling beneficent</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/warmheartedness" class="word">warmheartedness</a>, <a href="/dictionary/warmth" class="word">warmth</a>
<div class="definition">a warmhearted feeling</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/emotion" class="word">emotion</a>
<div class="definition">any strong feeling</div>
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						     a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;their 
<strong>love</strong> left them indifferent to their surroundings&#8221;</div>
						
							<div class="example">&#8220;she was his first 
<strong>love</strong>&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
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<dd><a href="/dictionary/erotic love" class="word">erotic love</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sexual love" class="word">sexual love</a></dd>





			
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<a href="/dictionary/concupiscence" class="word">concupiscence</a>, <a href="/dictionary/eros" class="word">eros</a>, <a href="/dictionary/physical attraction" class="word">physical attraction</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sexual desire" class="word">sexual desire</a>
<div class="definition">a desire for sexual intimacy</div>
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						     any object of warm affection or devotion</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;the theater was her first 
<strong>love</strong>&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
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<dd><a href="/dictionary/passion" class="word">passion</a></dd>





			
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<a href="/dictionary/object" class="word">object</a>
<div class="definition">the focus of cognitions or feelings</div>
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						     a beloved person; used as terms of endearment</h3>
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<dd><a href="/dictionary/beloved" class="word">beloved</a>, <a href="/dictionary/dear" class="word">dear</a>, <a href="/dictionary/dearest" class="word">dearest</a>, <a href="/dictionary/honey" class="word">honey</a></dd>





			
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<a href="/dictionary/lover" class="word">lover</a>
<div class="definition">a person who loves someone or is loved by someone</div>
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						     sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;he hadn't had any 
<strong>love</strong> in months&#8221;</div>
						
							<div class="example">&#8220;he has a very complicated 
<strong>love</strong> life&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
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<dd><a href="/dictionary/love life" class="word">love life</a>, <a href="/dictionary/lovemaking" class="word">lovemaking</a>, <a href="/dictionary/making love" class="word">making love</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sexual love" class="word">sexual love</a></dd>





			
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<a href="/dictionary/sex" class="word">sex</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sex activity" class="word">sex activity</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sexual activity" class="word">sexual activity</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sexual practice" class="word">sexual practice</a>
<div class="definition">activities associated with sexual intercourse</div>
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						     have a great affection or liking for</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;I 
<strong>love</strong> French food&#8221;</div>
						
							<div class="example">&#8220;She 
<strong>loves</strong> her boss and works hard for him&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
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<a href="/dictionary/detest" class="word">detest</a>, <a href="/dictionary/hate" class="word">hate</a>
<div class="definition">dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/care for" class="word">care for</a>, <a href="/dictionary/cherish" class="word">cherish</a>, <a href="/dictionary/hold dear" class="word">hold dear</a>, <a href="/dictionary/treasure" class="word">treasure</a>
<div class="definition">be fond of; be attached to</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/dote" class="word">dote</a>
<div class="definition">shower with love; show excessive affection for</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/adore" class="word">adore</a>
<div class="definition">love intensely</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/fetishize" class="word">fetishize</a>
<div class="definition">make a fetish of</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/romance" class="word">romance</a>
<div class="definition">have a love affair with</div>
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<dd class="less">
<a href="/dictionary/yearn" class="word">yearn</a>
<div class="definition">have affection for; feel tenderness for</div>
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<dd class="less">
<a href="/dictionary/hero-worship" class="word">hero-worship</a>, <a href="/dictionary/idolise" class="word">idolise</a>, <a href="/dictionary/idolize" class="word">idolize</a>, <a href="/dictionary/revere" class="word">revere</a>, <a href="/dictionary/worship" class="word">worship</a>
<div class="definition">love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol</div>
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						     be enamored or in love with</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;She 
<strong>loves</strong> her husband deeply&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
								
						
						
						
						
						
						
							
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<a href="/dictionary/romance" class="word">romance</a>
<div class="definition">have a love affair with</div>
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						     get pleasure from</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;I 
<strong>love</strong> cooking&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
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<dd><a href="/dictionary/enjoy" class="word">enjoy</a></dd>





			
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<a href="/dictionary/like" class="word">like</a>
<div class="definition">find enjoyable or agreeable</div>
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						     have sexual intercourse with</h3>
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<dd><a href="/dictionary/have intercourse" class="word">have intercourse</a>, <a href="/dictionary/have sex" class="word">have sex</a>, <a href="/dictionary/roll in the hay" class="word">roll in the hay</a></dd>





			
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<a href="/dictionary/make out" class="word">make out</a>, <a href="/dictionary/neck" class="word">neck</a>
<div class="definition">kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/have" class="word">have</a>, <a href="/dictionary/take" class="word">take</a>
<div class="definition">have sex with; archaic use</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/fornicate" class="word">fornicate</a>
<div class="definition">have sex without being married</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/swing" class="word">swing</a>
<div class="definition">engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends</div>
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<a href="/dictionary/bed-hop" class="word">bed-hop</a>, <a href="/dictionary/bedhop" class="word">bedhop</a>, <a href="/dictionary/sleep around" class="word">sleep around</a>
<div class="definition">be sexually active with more than one partner</div>
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						    <a title="noun" name="s72604" class="anchor">n</a>
						    
						    
						    
						     a score of zero in tennis or squash</h3>
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							<div class="example">&#8220;it was 40 
<strong>love</strong>&#8221;</div>
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
								
						
						
						
						
						
						
							
						
						
						
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<dt>Type of:</dt>







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<a href="/dictionary/score" class="word">score</a>
<div class="definition">a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest</div>
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		<div class="section examples" ><div class="sectionHeader">Usage Examples</div>
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